LP REVIEW
DEFENESTRATION
1. BLOOD SONG
Available from 13th October, 2003. |
East Midlands metal merchants
Defenestration return after a two year recording gap with their
second album, offering up a huge slab of sludge sodden, down-tuned
debauchery that’s directed by the distinctive and illusory vocals of the
diminutive and very girly Gen Tasker. After their almost meteoric
rise to prominence within the UK underground during 2001 and the widespread
positive reactions to the debut “One Inch God” they’ve had a tough
couple of years with the change of management and several drummers before
reaching this period of stability. Kicking off with
a deathly bellow pulled from an unearthly source, the bruising “Blood
Song” kicks and screams through the feedback, vocally the
Kittie-esque guttural bawl is interspersed with
an angelically harmonious yet eloquently monotone singing style. Feedback
links into “Fuck Defen” which ups the pace and punches its way to the
darker “Rocket Surgery” that would even get your Nan showing the
devils horns
Unfortunately the very thing that sets Defenestration apart from other bands of a similar ilk - Gen’s vocals - maybe the very thing that will limit their appeal, as it can be something of an acquired taste. The band do tend to receive a love or hate response from the UK metal fraternity and this album may do nothing to change that, however if you like your metal heavy - and it doesn’t get much heavier than this - it would be well worth checking this out, because on balance it’s a damn fine album.
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- Rigsby (5th
October, 2003) |
. “Dust Film”, “Wooden Man” and “Break The
Edge” all excellent short sharp songs (rarely making three minutes),
that dispense with any formalities and concentrate on damaging your hearing
and that, you quickly discover is the pattern formed across the album with
the odd exception of “Drunk ‘Til Death” which is considerably more
lengthy and in a very laid back stoner style.